2004 Katharina Dalton, doctor/writer, coined the phrase pre-menstrual syndrome, PMS, dies at 88
2003 Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72
2003 Carlo Urbani, WHO doctor, ", president of the Italian branch of ""Doctors without Borders,"" died of SARS after helping to identify it, "
2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77
1998 Dr. Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94
1997 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67
1996 Haing S Ngor, doctor/actor (Killing Fields), dies at 45
1995 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77
1995 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79
1995 World's youngest doctor, Balamurali Ambati, 17, graduates Mount Sinai
1995 Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist, dies at 86
1995 Robert Bolt, British playwright (Doctor Zhivago, Bounty), dies at 70
1994 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92
1994 Katherine Elliots, doctor, dies at 75
1994 Garson Romalis, abortion doctor, killed (no arrests)
1994 Boris B Yegorov, Russian doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I), dies at 56
1994 John Bayard Britton, abortion doctor, killed by Paul Hill
1994 Michel van Rooy, Dutch actor (Doctor Vlimmen, The Attack), dies at 43
1994 Stuart Berger, doctor (Immune Power Diet), dies from obesity at 40
1993 Philip P Cohen, Doctor (Nobel), dies at 85
1993 Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52
1993 George Tiller, abortion doctor, shot in his arms by Rachelle Shannon
1993 David Gunn, abortion doctor, killed by Michael Griffin at 47
1993 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor, dies at 85
1992 Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65
1992 Frankie Howerd, actor (Carry on Doctor, Up the Front), dies at 70
1991 John Lawrence, doctor, dies
1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million
1989 "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
1983 "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59
1981 Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Scarsdale diet doctor Tarnower
1980 Herman Tarnower, doctor (Scarsdale Diet), killed by Jean Harris
1979 Josef Mengele, concentration camp doctor, drowns
1976 Warner Anderson, actor (Doctor, Lineup, Peyton Place), dies at 65
1973 Neil Simon's "Good Doctor," premieres in New York City
1972 John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
1971 Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office
1969 Jack Kerouac, U.S. writer (Doctor Sax, On the Road), dies at 47
1968 Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70
1965 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72
1965 Harvey Zorbaugh, doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
1963 "Doctor Who," the long-running British sci-fi series debuts in England
1963 Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
1962 Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1962 Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces
1962 H Trendley Dean, doctor (introduced fluoridation into water)
1961 "Doctor Kildare," debuts on NBC-TV
1961 Doctor Robert, [Bruce R Howard], rocker, Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways
1960 Verne Gagne beats Doctor X in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1959 Sean Young, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actress, Dune, Young Doctor in Love
1959 Doctor X beats Wilber Snyder in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1958 Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram
1958 "Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US
1958 Matt Frewer, Washington D.C., actor, Max Headroom, Doctor Doctor
1957 Tom Bailey, born in England, rocker, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor
1957 Tom Bailey, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Thompson Twins-Doctor Doctor
1956 Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies
1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor
1954 Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, Russia, doctor/cosmonaut
1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
1952 Salvador Pineda, Mexico City, doctor
1949 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist (ear doctor), dies at 65
1944 Henri "Hans" Flu, Indonesian/Dutch family doctor/antifascist, murder
1941 Geoffrey Davies, English actor, Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go
1937 Boris Borisovich Yegorov, U.S.S.R., doctor/cosmonaut, Voskhod I
1937 Zohra Lampert, New York City, actress, Doctor's Hospital
1936 Lee Salk, doctor, CBS TV
1936 Virginia Maskell, actress, Suspect, Doctor in Love, Man Upstairs
1935 Jules Croiset, Dutch actor, Help, Doctor Verzuipt!
1934 Diana Sands, New York City, actress, Raisin in the Sun, Doctor's Wife
1931 Janice Rule, born in Norwood, Ohio, actress, Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife
1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
1931 Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer, Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife
1929 Aletta Henriette Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor/feminist, dies at 75
1927 Rachel Roberts, born in Llanelly, Wales, actress, Foul Play, Doctor's Wife
1925 Virginia E Johnson, doctor/sexologist, Masters and Johnson
1924 Hattie Jacques, Kent England, actress, Carry on Doctor
1923 Donald Sinden, England, actor, Doctor at Large, Mogambo, Simba
1923 Sembene Ousmane, Senegalese author/novelist/director, Doctor Noir
1922 Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor
1922 Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist, Doctor of Utrecht
1921 Brian Moore, Ireland, novelist, Catholics, Doctor's Wife
1921 Abe Jan Koldijk, SS-physician, Limburg's family doctor
1920 Patrick Troughton, actor, Doctor Who
1920 Colin Franklin, doctor
1920 Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor, Heimlich maneuver
1919 Victor A D Segalen, [Max Anely], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
1918 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor
1918 T Berry Brazelton, doctor, On Being a Father
1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer
1914 Kenneth More, born in England, actor, 39 Steps, Doctor in the House
1912 Ernest Clark, born in London, England, actor, Doctor in the House
1912 Derek Farr, London, actor, 8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large
1911 Warner Anderson, born in Brooklyn, actor, Doctor, Lineup, Matthew-Peyton Place
1910 Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed
1910 Elizabeth Blackwell, Hastings, 1st woman doctor of medicine
1908 Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor, Genevieve, Doctor in Love
1908 Esther Waterhouse, doctor/methodist
1907 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor
1907 Ralph Michael, born in London, England, actor, Quest, Doctor in the House
1906 George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London
1903 Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across U.S. in 86 days in 1960
1902 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor
1898 John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet, El Dorado
1898 Marie J Hugenholtz, [Doctor Grandi], surgeon on Curacao
1890 Norman Bethune, Canada, Doctor in Spain and China
1884 Davidson Black, born in Canada, doctor of anatomy, identified Peking Man
1883 Adrianus PHA de Kleyn, throat/nose/otologist, ear doctor
1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist, Nobel 1954
1874 Joseph Erlanger, doctor, shock therapy-Nobel 1944
1862 Justinus A C Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer, dies at 75
1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning
1838 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten
1833 Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth
1832 Mary Edwards Walker, U.S., doctor/women's rights leader
1832 Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
1799 Prosper Meniere, French ear doctor, Meniere Syndrome
1786 Justinus AC Kerner, German family doctor/poet/writer
1724 Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
1667 Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion
1656 1st Jewish doctor in U.S., Jacob Lumbrozo, arrives in Maryland
1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies
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